St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Prince Bismarck is resting quietly at
Friedrichsruh, transactng very little business.
Berry Wall, the king of the dudes, is
at present dressing for the benefit of visitors
at Long Branch.
Ex-senator Dorsey is trying to sell
his New Mexican ranch in order to reenter
politics next year.
Senator Don Cameron directed that
a,5C0 of the poorer children of Washington be
taken out to his farm near that city in wagons
dined and lunched and taken home again. on
the Fourth Of July.
Collector Jonas, of the port of New
Orleans is in danger of total blindness. The
injury to his eyes was caused by copy of the
Congressional Record, which his son playfully
tossed to him from across the room.
Alex. R. Shepherd, known as the
Washington boss, who has been mining in
Mexico for several years, has reached Chihua-
hua on his way home. He met with an acct
dent in one of his mines, recently, and his
health is very poor.
Capt. Samuel P. Griffin, who died at
AspinwalI, on Independence Day. wore not
few medals of honor. That most highly priced
by him was decoration conferred by Queen
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Grinnell expedition, which secured the first
traces of the lost Arctic explorer, Sir John
Franklin.
President Cleveland lunches at two
O'Clock every afternoon From the lunch table
he goes back to his office and remains until five
o'clock, working literally with his sleeves rolled
up, and disposing of the business which has ac-
cumulated during the morning. At five o'clock
the President and his wife take drive. usually
going out to Oak View. Dinner is served at the
White House at seven O'Clock. Generally the
President spends his evenings at his desk, and
never retires before midnight.
According to the VestmoreZdnd Gazette,
as Queen Victoria was travelling from Balmoral
to Windsor, just before her jubilee, her special
train was brought to a stop at Hincaste juno
ton, about five miles south of Kendall. ac-
count of the absence of the signal light, which
should have shown the track to be clear. On
inspecting the light it was found that an enor-
nous swarm of bees had settled on the signal,
putting out the light. The signal man dared
not interfere with the swarm to relight the
lamp.
The New York World says: "The dis
cusson as to who is the oldest Mason bids fair
to be cast into the shade by the contest regard
ing the first woman to become citizen of the
United States. Mrs. Langtry cannot claim this
honor, and Mrs. Breckenridge, of Pennsylva-
MIA, is also out OF the race. So far can be
learned from number of communications re-
ceived, Mrs. E. C. Woolson, Cuban, living in
Essex county, N. Y, was the first woman to
become naturaiZed in the country. She took
the oath of allegiance on January g. 1872. Mrs.
Delacroix, of Yonkers was made citizeness
in 1885,
Patrick Gilmore, the world renowned
bandmaster, thus describes what he means
when he says that man has "a good musical
ear In one of the famous opera houses,
while the overture was in progress one of the
singers in the green room, dressing or waiting
his call, suddenly advanced to the side of the
room, and listening intently for a moment,
said with an accent of disgust: "Oh only
quarter-house," actually telling by the volume
of sound thrown back from the walls by the
orchestra how many people were in the seats
And he was correct. That was what Gilmore
calls "a good ear"
Maxim, the Maine gunmaker, who lately
visited the Gar of Russia, denies the English
story that the autocratic sovereign Is sot
He describes Alexander III as being man of
imperial presence, tall, stately, not in the least
degree corpulent, with an eye as clear as if he
had been, like Mr.. Maxim himself, teetotaler.
He is slightly inclined to be bald, but is in the
prime of life, full of vigor and intelligence. It
was impossible to look into his clear open
countenance without realizing the absurdity
of many of the stories current in the English
press. The Gar recommended his visitor to
beware of taking too much brandy.